Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-21
GUlTEAU,S HEAD.
Parts Of His BODY Said to be Scattered
Over the Country.

That the head or part Of the head OF Guiteau,
the assassin, should have fallen into the hands Of
snowman Is not surprise to those who knew
how the body was disposed OF. Such people do
not think 1t improbable that the head said to be
held for exhibition in New York is genuine
thing. DR.. E. F. Schafhirt, the anatomist Of the
Medical Museum, when he went to the Jail at the
time OF the execution, June 80, 1882, took with
him some embalming fluid and q syringe for its
application. After the hanging, when the physi-
clans were making pOStmortem examination. as
most OF those present were engaged in the exam
nation OF the brain, DR.. Schafhirt injected the
en,o;.iming nuid into the neshy part OF the head
and lace. The story OF the burial OF the aSSaS-
sins body In the basement of the jail building, It's
resurrection few nights after, and removal to
many persons at first doubled that such disposi-
tion had been made OF 1t. AT the museum the
body was placed In bowl OF spirits. and subse-
quently the bones were articulated, and are now
IN tne museum: It Is usual for the nesh to be
destroyed with the soft parts OF the body, but
Of ghastly nature II that o anvtSin& RT pertainins
10 tne assassin was sought after. Pieces Of the
comm are now to be found In many cities, and a
cartilege from the assassin's breast bone. DR..
Schafhirt, having to prepare the skeleton, deter
mined min 70 make the attempt to preserve the bone
less head: He therefore placed 1t in glass jar
nled with liquid, and some OF his intimate friends
several months afterwsrd were given an oppor-
tunity to look Guiteau square in the face.
Although the jar In which it was kept was rather
small and the face was so pinched as to be
scarcely recognizable when 1t was taken out and
placed over ball OF tow the regular features OF
Gu1teau were easily recognized. The head In New
YORK can, II genuine, be easily recognized
A NAN WHO SAW THE HEAD.
~ haven't the slightest doubt of the correctness
OF the story that Guteaus head and face are to be
exhibited publicly in New York." said we'll
know citizen to STAR reporter to-day. ''The face
and other feshy parts OF the body were not
DESTROYED as was supposed. but were preserved
Dy Dr. Schafhtrt, the anatOm1sr Of the Medical
Museum. The skull and bones were OF course re-
ta1ned Dy the museum but the rest OF the body was
regarded by Dr.. Schafhirt as his private property.
The face and scalp were preserved intact,
and were so cleverly filled out by the anauomst as
to appear as II the entire skull was there. 1t was
Guiteaq's face, with the scraggly beard, scar on
the scalp, and everything as natural as life. It
remained In DR.. Schafhirts private Office for at
least eight months and frequently saw it, as did
number OF other people The clothes worn by
the assassin were also preserved in chest in the
same room. When recall the remark that 1
heard DR.. Schafhirt make about the lace have
no doubt OF the authenticity OF the story. 1 re-
member he said in effect that Government posi-
tion Is not always certainty, and that the time
would come when he could turn these things to ac-
count. Undoubtedly the notorious Guiteau Will
be exhibited to the public as natural as Life.